Top Ten Jesus Movies from Christianity Today
Peter T. Chattaway of Christianity Today has posted a list of his top ten Jesus movies. I’ve seen only four of his picks - The Passion, The Miracle Maker (a wonderful animated movie from 2000), The Greatest Story Ever Told (with a slow-paced but interesting performance by Max von Sidow as Jesus) and Jesus, a made-for-TV movie from 1999 which I thought was poor. I’m sorry to say that I haven’t seen 1977’s Jesus of Nazareth, a six-hour mini-series that looks excellent (from the few clips I have seen).
Film is a great medium to explore the Gospels, and it tends to reveal our interpretations of Scripture. For example, The Visual Bible’s version of Matthew (which we’ve used at MHCC quite a bit) is word for word out of the NIV, but when you watch it you’re struck with things like tone of voice, facial expression, and emotion, and you find yourself thinking: “I never pictured it like that.”
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